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August 17, 1976: When Michael Holding decimates England by taking 14 wickets

August 17, 1976: When Michael Holding decimates England by taking 14 wickets

36 years ago, on a slow, amiable track Michael Holding ran in to produce one of the fastest and most brilliant displays of pace bowling ever. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day the famed grovel series concluded with the Jamaican picking up 14 wickets.

Arunabha Sengupta, Michael Holding, West Indies, England, Eng vs WI, Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Denis Amiss, Dickie Bird, Gordon Greenidge

November 7 2012, 3:41 pm

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Sunil Narines inauspicious debut brings back memories of Ajantha Mendis

Sunil Narine's inauspicious debut brings back memories of Ajantha Mendis

On Sunday, it seemed that Sunil Narine had been arrested, charged and was awaiting sentencing evenbeforeNick Knight in the Sky box had time tobeginhis prosecution-by-video.Given that Narine'sunveiler was Pietersen, a manwhosingularlyand admittedlyfailed to solve the riddle ofSaeed Ajmal, this wasmore the equivalent of being caught by PC Plod than Hercule Poirot.

Nic Copeland, Sunil Narine, Ajantha Mendis, Saeed Ajmal, Graeme Swann, Shane Warne, Kevin Pietersen, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Eng vs WI

November 19 2012, 6:40 pm

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